Cigar and cigarette holder.



J. V. FERNANDEZ. CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDER. APPLIUATIOH FILED an 17,1911.

1 0Q4,980, Patented @1230, 1912,

WITNESSES ,1 mm'ms awe,

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSE VILA FERNANDEZ, OF CAMAGUEY, CUBA.

CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 30, 1912.

Application filed May 17} 1911. Serial No. 627,711.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josli VILA FERNANDEIZ, a subject of the King ofSpain, and a resldent of Camaguey, Cuba, have invented a new andImproved Cigar and Cigarette Holder, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

butt may be ejected from the holder when desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved cigar orcigarette holder having a self-contained perforating device whereby itis unnecessary to bite off the end of the cigar previous to smoking.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved cigar orcigarette holder, together with a case therefor, the case co-actingwith. the holder whereby, after the butt is ejected from the holder, theinsertion of the holder into its case. will cause the ejecting means tobe broughtinto operative position for use when again desired.

A further object of my invention is to provide an improved cigar orcigarette holder having means for ejecting a cigar or cigarette but-t,together with an improved perforating device whereby the cigar may beinserted into the holderwithout-the necessity of biting oif the end ofthe cigar previous to smoking.

A further object of my invention is to,

provide' an improved cigar or cigarette holder having a chamber therein,this cham-, her being provided with a suitable filter whereby particlesof tobacco are arrested before they reach the mouth of the smoker.

Reference is to behad to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis speci fication, in which like characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is alongitudinal sectional view of my holder with a cigarette in positiontherein; Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the holder in position withinthe case; Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the holder after the ejectingmeans has been operated. Fig.

4 is a perspective of the holder; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of theperforating device; Figs. 6 and 7 are side views of the disks which'formthe side wallsof the filter chamber; Fig. 8 is an end view of the pistonmember of the ejecting means.

My holder is preferably made up of a mouth piece 1, a cigaretteor cigarholding portion 2, together with a filter chamber 3 therebetween. Themouth piece and the cigar holding portion are held in their properpositions by means of a ferrule 4, annular packingsfi, 6,. beingprovided at opfit recesses in the ends of the said members, as shownparticularly in .Fig. 3, whereby any absorption of air between theferrule 4 and the members'l, 2, is prevented. The side walls of thefilterchamber 3 consists posite ends of this ferrul'e and adapted topreferably of disks 7, 8, provided with openings 9, 10, therein, throughwhich the smoke passes, there being also central openingsll,

. 12, for the passage of the operating rod.

Jach of these disks is positioned closely adjacent the meeting ends ofthe mouth piece 1 and the" cigar holding portion 2, the proper distancebeing maintained by means of flanges13, 14, provided on the ferrule 4,

against which the disks rest, a suitable filter element 15 beingpositioned in this chamber.

' The mouth piece 1 .is provided-with-a longitudinal opening withinwhich is placed a suitable cylindrical lining member 16, this membercontaining the Ushap ed element 17 having at one of its ends the hook 18which is adapted to engage the end of the opening in the mouth piece. asshown in Figs. 1 and 2, whereby the ejecting means is held ininoperative position. The closed end of the U-shaped member engages oneend of the operating rod 19 having at its outer end the piston member 20provided with suitable openings 21, 22therein, these openings permittingmovement of the piston member longitudinally of the cigar holdingportion along the arms of the U-shaped perforating device 23 whichispermanently held in position at its closed endadjacent the disk 8. Ahelical sprin'g 2-1 surrounds this perforating device. the opposite endsof thespring being in engagement with the disk 8 and the inside of thepiston 20 respectively. The piston member is further provided with anumber of openings 25, .26, in order topermit the smoke to freely pass-'therethrough.

The closed end of the perforating device is provided with a suitableopening '27 through which the operating rod 19 passes, the position ofthese parts after the butt has been ejected being shown in Fig. 3; thespring 2i tends to keep the ejecting device in the position shown inthis figure and in order to bring this means to inoperative position inorder to permit a cigar or cigarette to be inserted in the holder, Iprovide a suitable case 28 having a hollow cylindrical portion 29extending for a suitable distance from its lower portion 30, whereby asthe holder is inserted into the case in the position shown in Fig. 2,the outer end of the cylindrical n'lember 29 will come into engagementwith i the piston member 20, thereby compressing the spring 24 andmoving the operating rod 19 and with it the U-shaped member 17longitudinally bit the holder until the hook 18 on the end thereofengages the outer end portion of the. mouth piece, the operating meansbein now secured in inoperative position and the holder being allowed toreceive a cigar ,orgigarette when desired. The case :28 is alsopiiividedwith a suitable cover member 31 bf any desired form of construction.

From Figs. 1 and 2 it is to be noted that the l'ieri orating device 23,the side members of which are provided each with a longitudinal slot 32,33, whereby the smoke may 'trcely pass from the body of the cigar orcigarette into the ehan'lber of the holder, does not move with theejecting means but occupies a single position whereby. after the cigaror cigarette is inserted in the holder as shown in Fig. l, the outerpointed ends of the perforating device will enter the cigar or arettc.thereby forming suitable passages "or the smoke. whereby it may pass onto the chamber of the mouth piece.

When it is desired to eject a butt trom the holder, the user mcrclypresses downwardly on the hook 18 at the outer end of the U shapedelement 17, thereby permitting the helical spring 24; to expand andforcing the piston member 20 toward the open end of the cigar holdingchamber, whereby the cigar or cigarette is forcibly ejected. I

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Lettors Patentz--- 1. A device of the class described comprising amouth piece, a holding portion. together with a chamber between themouth pie e and the holding portion, the said chan1-- her adapted tocontain a suitable filter, and. an operating rod adapted to expel acigar or arette extending longitudinally of the do .i .c and having ahook at one end thereot adapted to engage the end of the mouth piecewhereby it may be held in position within the device.

,2. In a device of the class described a mouth piece, a tobacco holdingportion, a chamber between the mouth piece and the tobacco holdingportion containing a suitable filter, togetherwith an operating rodadapted to expel a cigar or cigarette ex- 7 tending longitudinally ofthe said device and having a hook at one end thereof adapted to engagethe outer end of the mouth piece in order to hold the rod in inoperativeposition, there being resilient means within 7 the device for moving thesaid operating rod to eject tobacco from the holding portion when theaforesaid hook is released.

3. A device of the class described com-- prising a mouth piece, achamber between 8 the mouth piece and the holding portion containing afilter, an operating rod adapted to expel a cigar or cigarette extendinglongitudinally of the said device, the outer end of the rod beingprovided with means 8 for engagement with the inner portion of the saidtobacco, resilient means whereby the said operating device is actuated,one end of the rod being provided with a. hook whereby it may engage theend of the mouth 9 piece and be held in inoperative position, release ofthe hook permitting the resilient means to actuate the rod and eject thetobacco from the holding portion.

4. A device of the class described com- 9 prising a mouth piece, atobacco holding portion, a chamber between the mouth piece and theholding portion and containing a filter, an operating rod adapted toexpel a cigar or cigarette extending longitudinally 1 of the device, aspring in engagement with the said rod and means at one end of the rodfor engagement with the end of the mouth piece whereby the rod may beheld in inoperative position, release of the said means permitting thespring to actuate the rod to eject the tobacco from the holding portion.

5. In a device of the class described. a

mouth piece, a tobacco holding portion, an 1' operatingrod extendingthrough the said device and having means comprising av U- shaped memberat one end thereof having a portion adapted to engage the outer end ofthe mouth piece, together with resilient means surrounding the saidoperating rod and in engagement therewith whereby when the said U-shapedmember is released, the said spring will forcibly eject the:tobacco fromthe said holding portion.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination of a suitabletobacco holding portion having an operating rod extending longitudinallythereof with means at one end thereof adapted to engage the end portionof the holder adjacent the mouth piece, the opposite end of the said rodbeing provided with means adapted to engage the end of the tobaccowithin the holder, there being resilient means in engagement with the Qcpm'bination of a tobacco holder having outer end of the said operatingrod, together operating rod and resilient means are brought intoinoperative position when the holder is inserted within the case.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination of a tobaccoholder having an operating rod extending longitudinally thereof with aholding means at one end thereof for engagement with the outer end ofthe said holder, the opposite end of the rod being provided with apisto-n, thcre being a-spring surrounding the said rod and in engagementwith the said piston, the said piston being adapted for movement withinthe said tobacco holding portion of the device, together with a casinghaving a cylindrical portion adapted to enter the tobacco holdingportion of the device and into engagement with thesaid piston wherebythe piston and operating rod may be moved longitudinally of the holderwhereby the said holding means may come into engagement with the end ofthe said holder in order to hold the said piston and spring in,

inoperative position.

8. In a device of the class described, the combination of a tobaccoholder having resilient means therein and movable longitudinally thereoffor forcibly ejecting the tobacco, from the said holder, together with asuitable case having a cylindrical portion adapted to enter the saidtobacco holding portion and move the said ejecting means to inoperativeposition when the said holder is-inserted in the said case. ,19. In adevice of the. class described, the

means therein comprising a spring for forcibly ejecting tobacco from theholder, together with a case therefor, the said case being provided,with a cylindrical portion adapted to enter the said holder and bringthe said ejecting means the said holder is inserted in the said case.

10. In device of the class described, a tobacco holding member havingpositioned therein a perforatil'lg device, the said membersof which areprovided with longitudinal slots, the end of the said members beingadapted to enter into the end portion of the said tobacco with-the saidslots lying partly within and partly without the said tobacco wherebythe holder may be used without biting oil the end of the cigar.

'11. A device of the class described comprising a tobacco holder havinga perforating device therein, the said device being made up oflongitudinally extending'side members, each of which is provided with alongitudinal slot, the outer ends of the said side members being adaptedto enter the said cigar or cigarette with the said longitudinal toinoperative position whenholding member being in communication with eachother, together with a perforating device positioned within the holdingmember and adapted to enter the end of a cigar or cigarette, the saidperforating device embodying longitudinally extending pointed members,each provided with a longitudinal slot.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSE VILA FERNANDEZ.

